WHY LAWS ARE MADE. 
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and most prosperous places in the empire to which 
it belongs. Now this it can never be unless good 
laws are made and wisely kept. 
4. Just think how happy a home is where good 
order and careful behaviour prevail in the family. 
In such a home there are rules or little laws, under 
which the members of the family avoid doing 
things that would cause distress amongst them- 
selves, and seek to act in ways that will be helpful 
to one another. Just in the same way there is 
need for rules and laws amongst men of the same 
country. Each one shares in the benefits which 
result from order and good government, for under 
such conditions he dwells in peace, and his goods 
are in safety. 
5 . Have you ever thought how the people are 
governed in this little island of ours? Who makes 
the laws for us? who sees that they are obeyed? 
What is the link that binds us to the mother 
country of Great Britain? 
6. It is well to be able to answer these questions ; 
for the day will come, if you grow to manhood, that 
you will be called upon to take your share in the 
work of governing. Certainly it will always be 
your duty to follow out the laws; and you will be 
likely to do this the more readily when you 
understand how carefully they are drawn up, and 
how large a share the people themselves have in 
settling the rules under which they live. 
